"American Graffiti" star visits the Seattle Roadster Show

Candy Clark, veteran of 50 films and "Debbie" from American Graffiti, added to the Mantis memento collection --- an autographed photo of the cartoon-style montage poster. Candy was everybody's favorite blond in the movie...and still ours! Her comment to the Mantis: "Peelout!"

Mantis Meets a NW Racing Legend

Ray Hadford dropped by the Mantis booth at the Seattle Roadster Show for a chat. We have photos of Ray in the B-Boy Gas dragster on our supplier page.

Ray Started racing in 1965 and ran Junior Stock, C Dragster, Top kGas Dragster and Top Fuel Funny Car. In 1968 he piloted the B-Boys C Dragster owned by Jim Green and he set the National Record at the Arlington Drag Strip of 8.93 seconds. Ray’s site hadfordracing.com has some great info and stories about Ray’s early driving days. We especially enjoyed watching this great video where Ray fires up the Green-Crooke "Assassin" dragster at the '05 NHRA Carquest Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.

Thanks for stopping by Ray. It was great to meet you.

Silver Auctions: Bellevue, WA Hilton Hotel Garage

Mantis Rodz would like to thank Silver Auctions for allowing us to take photos of some of the cars that were auctioned off during their February 23, 2008 event. We would also like to thank Doug Laford (The Offer Man) and Bill for taking the time to talk "shop." It was a well-turned out event-with some great lots (over 100 auotomobiles). Here are a few photos from the auction. Thanks again Silver Auctions!

Palouse Days Show and Shine Event

It's the Rodzrookie letting you know about an upcoming 2008 event in Palouse, Wa. I was present at the 2007 Palouse show; it is a great event with some awesome rides, roadsters, rigs and participants. This year the event is on September 13, 2008 at the City Park on West Main Street. For more information check out the website Palouse Days or phone 509-878-1991. Mapquest the directions to the show at Map Quest.